Stephen ‘Joey’ Sweet will fill Alaska Sen.-Elect Forrest Dunbar’s seat on the Anchorage Assembly until April when voters will pick a long-term replacement.
A majority of the Assembly voted for him to fill the seat Friday.
The seat has been empty...
Under new boundaries, Anchorage’s Midtown Assembly district becomes more conservative but remains favorable to progressives.
Midtown is one of the least-changed districts following the reapportionment process. The district was pushed slightly west, and is now marginally whiter and more conservative.
During...
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is requesting bids for snow removal services weeks after snow pummeled the city.
The first of the snowstorms arrived on Dec. 6. The Bronson administration waited three weeks to issue a request for supplemental snow hauling...
The Bronson Administration on Tuesday reversed a long-standing policy imposed by former Municipal Manager Amy Demboski, who put a gag order on department heads so all public communications would run through her office.
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson announced on Dec....
Did you know that the most-engaged with social media post by any Alaskan based political blog, candidate, news outlet, or elected official during the 2022 election season was this:
Of all the news, political scandal, trend posts and snark, more...
Its Christmas And Were All In Misery Ellen Griswold GIFfrom Its Christmas And Were All In Misery GIFs
It’s the holiday season, the most complicated time of the year. If you are anything like me, the general vibe of the...
A meteor flew over Soutcentral Alaska at 5:47 Wednesday morning, giving early risers a show. Reader David Johnson caught the meteor on camera and shared his video with the Current.
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Sullivan is Again the Municipality’s Mass Shelter, Housing up to 360 People:
On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly unanimously voted to expand capacity at the Sullivan Arena to house 160 additional unsheltered people.
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson had already expanded capacity of...
On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted to fill two seats soon to be vacant with members Forrest Dunbar and Jamie Allard being elected to the Alaska Legislature.
Dunbar will vacate his East Anchorage seat Jan. 3 and Allard will leave...
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is experiencing the most disastrous stretch of his tenure, facing near daily scandals over the past two weeks.
His run of ineptitude started with a hasty attempt to turn the Sullivan Arena into a mass shelter...